Felling Town Hall

Following significant population growth, largely associated with the mining industry, a local board of health was established in Felling in 1868. The local board established its offices in the committee rooms of the Felling Store Co-operative Society before relocating to 4 Wesley Terrace in 1873. After the Felling Local Board of Health was replaced by Felling Urban District Council in 1894, the council officers for the new council were initially based in the offices in Wesley Terrace. After finding this arrangement unsatisfactory, the new council decided to commission dedicated offices. The site they selected was open ground on the south side of Sunderland Road. The foundation stone for the…

The building is constructed of sandstone, with a slate roof. It has two storeys and a basement, with a central four-stage tower, which is projected forward. The tower incorporates a doorway with a semi-circular fanlight flanked by pilasters and brackets supporting a triangular pediment in the first stage, a rounded headed window enclosed in an aedicula in the second stage, a blind third stage, and an oculus also enclosed in an aedicula in the fourth stage, all surmounted by a steep French-style roof with cresting. The two-bay sections on either side of the central tower are fenestrated by square headed windows with architraves on the ground floor, by round headed windows with keystones on…